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abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Told from the viewpoint of rheumatologists, this review tells the story of hydroxychloroquine and its swift ascent to become a household name as a therapeutic strategy against the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus. This review describes the history, mechanisms, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic applications, and saf...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Udupa A,Leverenz D,Balevic SJ,Sadun RE,Tarrant TK,Rogers JL

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The adaptive immune response orchestrated by type 2 T helper (Th2) lymphocytes, strictly cooperates with the innate response of group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2), in the protection from helminths infection, as well as in the pathogenesis of allergic disease. The aim of this review is to explore the...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Cosmi L,Liotta F,Maggi L,Annunziato F

更新日期：2017-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased prevalence of atopic diseases, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, and asthma has been described as an epidemic. New approaches in the fight against allergic diseases are called for, the target being the persistence of the atopic T helper 2-skewed immune responder pattern beyond infancy. Atopic dermati...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Isolauri E

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the eosinophil in the pathophysiology of allergy and asthma has been the focus of intense interest during the last two decades. While the presence of eosinophils in humans with allergy and asthma is well established, the precise role of this cell in humans and in animal models is less clear. However, recen...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Adamko D,Lacy P,Moqbel R

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory viruses appear to play a central role in asthma pathogenesis. In addition to a major role in triggering asthma exacerbations, viral infections early in life may play a role in disease development. Although defensins were initially identified as antimicrobial peptides, recent studies have demonstrated that ...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Proud D

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is an increasingly prevalent disease, particularly in industrialized countries. With modern treatment, many patients can expect good asthma control; however, a significant minority continue to have excessive symptoms. Bronchial thermoplasty is a novel approach to treating asthma in which the hypertrophied airwa...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Martin N,Pavord ID

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut-associated lymphoid tissue is the specialized arm of the immune system responsible for distinguishing innocuous dietary nutrients, self-proteins, and gut flora from pathogens. Oral tolerance is the active immunologic response to innocuous ingested antigens that leads to a systemic tolerance for that antigen. T...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Stanley S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DiGeorge syndrome is characterized by conotruncal cardiac defects, hypocalcemia, and a hypoplastic thymus. Many, but not all, patients have a heterozygous deletion of chromosome 22q11.2. In its most severe form, it represents a devastating syndrome with high mortality. Patients with severe immunodeficiency are candida...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Sullivan KE

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common cause of chronic neurologic disability in young people. Genetic susceptibility and unidentified environmental triggers appear to be necessary in order to result in disease. MS is an extraordinarily complex trait with evidence of heterogeneity at clinical, pathologic, and ther...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Heard RN

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiologic functions of histamine have been recognized for more than 100 years, yet new roles are still being uncovered. Most importantly, a newly discovered receptor of the amine has helped refine our understanding of histamine. This new receptor, the histamine H4 receptor (H4R), has a higher affinity for histam...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Huang JF,Thurmond RL

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have traditionally been viewed as distinct clinical entities. Recently, however, much attention has been focused on patients with overlapping features of both asthma and COPD: those with asthma COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS). Although no universal definition criter...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Bujarski S,Parulekar AD,Sharafkhaneh A,Hanania NA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Otitis media (OM) imposes significant morbidity on the pediatric age group and a large financial burden on the general population. Because standard medical treatments are not highly efficacious in resolving the accompanying middle ear (ME) inflammation, a goal of current research is OM prevention. Past studies show th...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Doyle WJ,Alper CM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responses can be compartmentalized into innate versus adaptive components. This relatively recent dichotomy positioned the innate immune system at the interface between the host and the external environment and provided a new conceptual framework with which to view allergic diseases, including asthma. Airway ep...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Georas SN,Rezaee F,Lerner L,Beck L

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaphylaxis is a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction characterized by a syndrome of dermatologic and systemic signs and symptoms, at times including cardiovascular collapse from distributive shock. Although it is recognized that the incidence of anaphylaxis is increasing, the extent of its prevalence, both ...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Matasar MJ,Neugut AI

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Progestogen hypersensitivity (PH) is a rare disorder which usually occurs in women of childbearing age with symptoms ranging from urticaria with or without angioedema, multiple organ involvement consistent with allergic anaphylaxis, to a spectrum of other non-evanescent skin eruptions. In this review,...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Li RC,Buchheit KM,Bernstein JA

更新日期：2018-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a classic failure of the immune system with a life-threatening attack upon a critical self-component. The active phase of the disease is short, concordant with the latency of a primary adaptive immune response. Triggers for GBS include infection and (rarely) vaccination; cross-reactivi...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Hardy TA,Blum S,McCombe PA,Reddel SW

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to describe the process of administering a telemedicine program including reviewing telemedicine guidelines; discussing licensing, credentialing, and privileging of providers; outlining scheduling and recruitment of patients; and measuring outcomes of a telemedicine progr...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Taylor L,Capling H,Portnoy JM

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) is a well-established allergen-specific immunotherapy and a safe and effective strategy to reorient inappropriate immune responses in allergic patients. SLIT takes advantage of the tolerogenic environment of the oral mucosa to promote tolerance to the allergen. Several clinical studies ...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Jay DC,Nadeau KC

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that causes significant morbidity in affected individuals. It is characterized by dysregulated immune responses that consist of an increased systemic Th2 response and a combination of Th2 and Th1 responses in the skin lesions. In this article, we review factors ...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Ong PY,Leung DY

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The best possible allergen immunotherapy clinical outcomes require the provision of high quality and safe allergen immunotherapy extract preparations. Evolving national guidelines and regulatory bodies have devoted special attention to the safe compounding of sterile products, including allergen extracts. It is incumb...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Nelson MR,Petersen MM,Wolverton WO,Mikita CP

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The prevalence of food allergy is increasing. At the current time, there are no approved treatments for food allergy. Major limitations of immunotherapy are long treatment periods (months or years), frequent clinic visits, high costs, increased risk of adverse events during treatment, and lack of dura...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Long A,Borro M,Sampath V,Chinthrajah RS

更新日期：2020-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Concerns about cross-allergenicity between sulfonamide antibiotics and nonantibiotic sulfonamide-containing drugs continue to complicate pharmacotherapy. Several elegant investigations have demonstrated unequivocal lack of interaction between the sulfonamide group and either cellular or humoral immunity. The immunolog...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Brackett CC

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of diagnostic testing in primary immunodeficiency and immune dysregulatory disorders (PIDDs), particularly focusing on flow cytometry and genetic techniques, utilizing specific examples of PIDDs. RECENT FINDINGS:Flow cytometry remains a vital tool ...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Richardson AM,Moyer AM,Hasadsri L,Abraham RS

更新日期：2018-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This study aimed to review important hidden causes of anaphylaxis in ingestants, non-ingestants, and uncommon settings. RECENT FINDINGS:Multiple new and elusive causes of anaphylaxis have been described over the past 35 years. Further research is required to identify the epidemiology, pathophysiology...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Nanagas VC,Baldwin JL,Karamched KR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS) encompasses a wide variety of etiologies. To date, a unifying pathophysiologic mechanism remains elusive. Eosinophilia is frequently, but not exclusively, caused by immunoglobulin (Ig)E-mediated hypersensitivity and is dominated by the associated cytokine milieu of Th2 inflam...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Sok JC,Ferguson BJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Otitis media is one of the most common childhood infections leading to doctor's visits and a leading cause of antibiotic prescriptions in children. Twin and family studies have confirmed that the predisposition of developing a bacterial middle ear infection is genetically determined. Several case-control studies have ...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Hafrén L,Kentala E,Einarsdottir E,Kere J,Mattila PS

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Focusing on the strict relationship between house dust mites and crustaceans from the allergenic point of view. RECENT FINDINGS:The well-known tropomyosin was considered for years as the cross-reacting allergen between shrimp and house dust mites. In the last few years, several allergens not only in ...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Asero R,Pravettoni V,Scala E,Villalta D

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell transplant (SCT) has long been the standard of care for several hematologic, immunodeficient, and oncologic disorders. Recently, SCT has become an increasingly utilized therapy for refractory autoimmune rheumatologic disorders (ARDs). The efficacy of SCT in ARDs has been attributed to resetting an aberrant i...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Mascarenhas S,Avalos B,Ardoin SP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of distinct CD4(+) T-cell populations in regulating the nature and strength of immune responses is well documented and in the past has principally focused on the cross-regulation of T-helper type 1 (Th1) and Th2 cells, which secrete interferon-gamma and interleukin-4, respectively. However, the identification...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： McGuirk P,Higgins SC,Mills KH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a multidimensional inflammatory disorder of the nose and paranasal sinuses. We reviewed the recent literature to identify improved methods to assess, control, and manage these difficult to control patients. RECENT FINDINGS:The role of endotyping in CRS has offered a be...

journal_title：Current allergy and asthma reports

authors： Sivasubramaniam R,Harvey RJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00